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Re: Old new rider question - 125 or DAS
Posted: Tue May 12, 2026 7:05 pm
by Noggin
Skub wrote: Tue May 12, 2026 6:34 pm
Noggin wrote: Tue May 12, 2026 5:20 pm
I do have some kevlar jeans but the armour pockets are designed in a way that they scratch my skin constantly - 100% don't need that kind of distraction/pain whilst riding!!
I've a couple of pairs of armoured jeans. The one's I use the most are RST Aramid jobbies. Dead comfy.
The others are Bull-it. With the Bull-it I found the velcro on the armour pockets irritated,but I got busy with a needle and thread and did a bit of modding. They are now bespoke.
Yup - tis mostly the velcro! But the fit wasn't great either, so I gave up. Downside of being a curvy girl - bike jeans rarely have a good fit
Re: Old new rider question - 125 or DAS
Posted: Thu May 14, 2026 10:28 pm
by Scootabout
On a trip to the Dolomites a few years ago, a fellow rider had an encounter with Italian white van man, on the road around Lake Como.
The outer, denim, layer of his armoured jeans was ripped open, but the kevlar inside had held. He got away with painful bruising, but reckoned that without the armour his leg could have been seriously injured.
Re: Old new rider question - 125 or DAS
Posted: Thu May 14, 2026 10:41 pm
by Horse
Noggin wrote: Tue May 12, 2026 10:25 am
BUT - each to them's own. I will always recommend full gear to a newby -
This might surprise you, but I don't agree.
You only need to wear decent gear on the day you're going to crash
Re: Old new rider question - 125 or DAS
Posted: Fri May 15, 2026 4:18 am
by ZRX61
darthpunk wrote: Tue May 12, 2026 10:37 am
As for the boot, going to go to a shop and take my time looking, defo want something a bit taller to cover the ankle, already had my fair share of ankle problems over the years falling off skateboards but then those SPADA's do look pretty nice.....maybe after I get the license
I got hit hard enough by a 7 Series BMW to put my foot through the crankcase on a Kaw Z650. I was wearing 14 holer DM's. Damage was limited to some bruising & a broken bootlace.
Re: Old new rider question - 125 or DAS
Posted: Fri May 15, 2026 7:47 am
by Noggin
Re: Old new rider question - 125 or DAS
Posted: Fri May 15, 2026 10:36 pm
by Scootabout
And the flip side is, don't bother buying a lottery ticket, except on the day your number's going to come up. I'd like that information too, please.
Re: Old new rider question - 125 or DAS
Posted: Mon May 18, 2026 11:51 am
by Bigjawa
darthpunk wrote: Mon May 11, 2026 6:19 pm
Thank you, all the responses have been very helpful.
I spoke to my mate, he's not a biker but he made some good points regarding the 125. Something I might not have mentioned is I'm a fairly big guy, the wee CBF might have been struggling due to me weighing about the same as a dying star.
The training school text me some dates for the DAS and I've just decided to go for it, booked up for the middle of July. The training starts with a 3 hour transition lesson to go from 125 up to the 650 and I'm going to speak to them tomorrow about a "confidence lesson" or similar on the 125. Failing that I might find a school that offers something like that in the interim. Either way it's booked and I will not be backing out, I've done that before after the last CBT I did 4 years ago
I'm a pretty big lump and commute 40 miles a day on an ancient CBF125.
It's a great little thing but nowhere near as easy to ride as my 1150GS